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Pointe de la Bonne Terre
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,333
Roches Escudelier 1
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,333
Crique de Bonporteau 2
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,333
Bottle, Belém do Pará
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£2,073
Lost in the Fog III, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
£2,073
Le Roi de la baie
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
Porte de l'Enfer
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
Temporal Perception # 341
Serge Hamad
Photography - 91.4 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 72 x 0.1 inch
£2,799
28° 50' 27.1314" N, 111° 58' 3.4674" W-9
Paola Dávila
Photography - 38 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£1,244
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-5
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.75 x 30 x 0.1 inch
£1,659
Cap d'Ail
Christopher Lavenair
Photography - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,111
La Tortue de Kerlouan
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
La plage aux rochers
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
L'ile Louët et le château du Taureau
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
La Penzé
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
La bigoudène
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
La vague
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£400
Algas 45-XIX
Paola Dávila
Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,659
Esponjas 8, 11 y 16
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.4 x 0.3 inch
£829
Medusas 11, 12 y 13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£829
Sal 22, 23 y 24
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£829
Algas 11, 22 y 67
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£829
Algas 23, 63 y 64
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£829
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£829
Algas 14, 41 y 68
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£829
Algas 88, 28, 87
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.3 inch
£829
Papillon Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£1,333
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£1,066
De Chlore et de Rosé (2)
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
£1,066
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£1,066
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£1,066
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£1,066
Fairytale
Priska Walliman
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
£1,333
Venice Beach Blue Palmtrees II
P van Bolderick
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£311
Temporal Perception # 330A
Serge Hamad
Photography - 91.4 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 72 x 0.1 inch
£2,799
Bouquet Final
Mathieu Pujol
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
£889
L'annonciation (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£667
Le naufrage (Namibie)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 35 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£667
Phare au crépuscule (France)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 35 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£667
AV_Cruiseship_003
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 103 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 40.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£3,013
Moonrise IV
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£1,659
Moonrise III
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£1,659
Sol Mallorca
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£1,659
Moonrise II
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£1,659
Moonrise I Cauquenes
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£1,659
To see with eyes unclouded
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
£471
Life is a winking light in the darkness
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£471 £424
Now go, and don't look back
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£471 £424
Venice Beach Purple Sea
P van Bolderick
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
£400
Seascape Untitled (f66) (Identity promises series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£755
Untitled (4235)
Jean-Charles Mandou
Photography - 40 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
£1,600
Sensitive stories from Italy 1
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Photography - 32 x 39 x 1 inch
£1,012
La Mer XXXVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Fluid horizon V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Fluid horizon XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Fluid horizon X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Fluid horizon XVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Fluid horizon XVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Fluid horizon XIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Fluid horizon XXIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Fluid horizon XXVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,680
Sea
Majestic and tyrannical, the sea has never ceased to fascinate artists. Untameable, this force of nature seems to have a life of its own and has inspired many artists. Since antiquity, the sea has been represented in all its glory, century after century it is honoured through various styles and colours. However, this desire to escape to the great outdoors is certainly not only reserved for 21st century painters
Maritime art began at the same time as history painting - in the 15th century, and they share many common traits. Maritime painting mostly depicts scenes of combat, historical incidents and mythology where people play a crucial role. It wasn't until the 17th century that artists stopped depicting people in their seascapes and focused solely on the representation of the landscape itself instead.
In the Middle Ages, shipwrecks and storms terrorised citizens as they interpreted them as signs of God's wrath. he church even used images of the rough sea to hold power over its believers.
Representations in classical painting were strictly governed by academic rules, and often didn't manage to convey true emotion. Maritime scenes joined the mainstream in the 19th century, especially with the arrival of the Romantic period as emotions played a much greater role in marine painting. The two great masters of the period were J.M.W Turner and Caspar David Friedrich who captured the attention of their contemporaries and whose works continue to mesmerise us today.
For the impressionists, the sea was a sublimation of nature. During the 19th century, artists come out of their studios in order to paint and describe nature as they saw and feel it. By the end of the 19th century, the sea was no longer a simple, blue expanse but rather an eruption of emotions illuminated through painting.
Contemporary art offers a new insight into creation. Today, the technique is overrun by the message and intention of the work. Therefore, we find all varieties of sea illustrations where the sea becomes an image of contemporary creation. Even though the sea is sometimes reinvented, it remains true to reality.
The new generation of contemporary artists create works that depict freshness, escape, lost coves, waves, and that salty seaside air. Discover our selection inspired by ocean waters.